It shall be unlawful for any person in the village to operate a bicycle
on any street or public place in the village unless the bicycle has been inspected
as hereinafter provided and registered by the Chief of Police or an authorized
police officer at the office of the Chief of Police or such other place as
said Chief of Police shall designate.
Bicycles shall be registered, inspected and tagged annually for the
period from June 1 in each year to June 1 the following year.
Application for registration of a bicycle shall be made to the Chief
of Police or a duly authorized police officer by the owner of the bicycle
upon suitable application blanks furnished by the Police Department.
No bicycle shall be registered unless it shall, on inspection, be found
to be mechanically safe and equipped in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
Upon the payment of such fee as may be prescribed by resolution of the
Board of Trustees for inspection and registration, the Chief of Police shall
issue an identification tag to be affixed to each registered bicycle, and
such tag shall not be removed therefrom except by a duly authorized police
officer.
Identification tags shall not be transferred from one bicycle to another,
and no person shall attach to any bicycle a tag not issued for use thereon.
Upon loss of an identification tag or duplicate, and upon application
and satisfactory evidence of such loss, a new tag or duplicate shall be issued
upon payment of such fee as may be specified by resolution of the Board of
Trustees.
Willful mutilation, alteration or destruction of an identification tag
issued pursuant to this chapter shall be a violation of the provisions of
this chapter.
The Chief of Police shall provide and keep a record of the registration
of all bicycles.
In the event that ownership of a registered bicycle is transferred,
it must be re-registered by the new owner in the manner set forth in this
chapter.
If any bicycle shall be operated on the streets of the village in an
unsafe manner or in violation of any statute or any provision of this chapter,
the Chief of Police shall be authorized, in his discretion, to cancel the
registration of such bicycle and remove the identification tag, if any thereon,
and he shall be authorized to impound such bicycle for a period not to exceed
30 days; such cancellation or impoundment shall be separate from and in addition
to any other penalty provided in such case.
All moneys received for the inspection and registration of bicycles
under the provisions of this chapter shall be accounted for by the Chief of
Police, who shall pay over the same to the Village Treasurer at monthly intervals.
The Chief of Police of the village is hereby empowered to procure application
blanks for the registration of bicycles and identification tags for bicycles
registered under this chapter, and the expense thereof, upon audit by the
Board of Trustees, shall be paid from the general fund.
No person shall throw, drop or place or cause or procure to be thrown,
dropped or placed in or upon any highway, street or public place in the village,
any glass, tacks, nails or other material or substance which might injure
or damage a bicycle or tricycle or any person lawfully thereon.
[Amended 10-16-2000 by L.L. No. 5-2000]
Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, for the first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
not less than $10 and not more than $25; upon a second or subsequent conviction
within 18 months after any prior conviction, such person shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $20 and not more than $50 or by imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition
to any such fine or imprisonment, the Court, in its discretion, may prohibit
a person so convicted from riding a bicycle on any public street or sidewalk
within the village for a period not to exceed 90 days and may order such person's
identification tag surrendered.
